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Introduction: key words, subject, tense, unit, core sentence
2. Overview:
Compare : + highest & lowest : holiday & visiting friends/ relative
+ first year & last year: all increase
3. The way to take the detail for body paragraph:
1. Divide by time
2. Divide by line
The line graph illustrates the number of overseas visitors travelling to the UK for three main
purposes—holidays, business, and visiting friends or relatives—between 1989 and 2009.
Overall, holidays consistently attracted the largest proportion of tourists, while business trips and
family visits followed a broadly upward trajectory despite some fluctuations. The period from
1989 to 1999 witnessed a particularly sharp rise in holiday tourism, whereas the following
decade was characterised by slower and more volatile growth across all categories.
From 1989 to 1999, the number of holidaymakers increased significantly, climbing from just
above 6 million to a peak of around 9.5 million. Business-related travel also grew steadily,
overtaking visits to friends or relatives in the early 1990s, and reaching about 6.5 million by
1999. In contrast, family visits started at approximately 5 million in 1989, dropped slightly to
around 4 million by 1994, but then recovered, ending the decade at nearly 6 million.
During the subsequent decade, holiday travel experienced a decline to about 7.5 million in 2004,
before rebounding to just under 9 million in 2009. Business visits maintained their upward trend
until the mid-2000s, peaking at 8 million, but then fell back to roughly 7 million by the end of
the period. Similarly, visiting friends or relatives continued to rise until 2004, stabilising at
around 7 million, before gradually decreasing to about 6 million in 2009.
In summary, while all three types of travel expanded overall between 1989 and 2009, the pace of
growth slowed considerably after 1999, with business trips and family visits levelling off, and
holidays remaining the most popular reason for travel to the UK.
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From 1989 to 1999, the number of holidaymakers increased significantly, climbing from just above 6
million to a peak of around 9.5 million. During the subsequent decade, holiday travel experienced a
decline to about 7.5 million in 2004, before rebounding to just under 9 million in 2009.